Deschutes County Sheriff's Office issued the following announcement on Mar. 16.
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is again hosting free community shred events and drug disposal. Below are the dates and locations of the events. All events are from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM.
April 2: 63333 W Hwy 20, Bend Main Sheriff’s Office
June 4: 51340 Hwy 97, La Pine Sheriff’s Office
August 27: 703 N Larch St., Sisters Sheriff’s Office
October 15: 8154 11th St., Terrebonne Sheriff’s Office
These are residential free shred events and are not intended for business/commercial shredding. We can accept paper clips and staples, but cannot take plastic bags or three ring binders.
Medications accepted are: prescription, patches, ointments, over-the-counter, vitamins, samples, and medications for pets. NO SHARPS, THERMOMETERS, INHALERS, ETC.
New to the shred event and drug disposal is a flag disposal. If anyone has an old tattered American flag they would like properly disposed of it can be done at these events.
Food donations are also accepted during the events. The food donated during the Bend event will go to Neighbor Impact of Bend. La Pine donations will go to the La Pine Community Kitchen. Sisters donations will go to Kiwanis. Terrebonne donations will go to Neighbor Impact of Redmond.
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is a full service agency that oversees the adult jail, provides patrol, criminal investigations, civil process and search and rescue operations. Special units include SWAT, Marine Patrol, ATV Patrol, Forest Patrol, along with five K9 teams. Founded in 1916 and today led by your duly elected Sheriff L. Shane Nelson, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office serves over 200,000 residents in Deschutes County. The agency has 259 authorized and funded personnel, which includes 193 sworn employees who provide services to the 3,055 square miles of Deschutes County.
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